Charmaceuticals

Created for Mini Jam 66 - Sweets

Start your career as a charmist for Charmaceuticals, the worlds-wide leader in the realm of magical edible medical care. Get to know the residents of a rural town and prescribe them appropriately hexed and enchanted sweets for their own good, as well as yours - can't stay employed if the customers are unhappy!

This is a short slice of what was a hilariously overscoped "baby's first game jam" game. I was inspired by the jam theme of sweets, the two-button limitation, and a recent playthrough of Atelier Ryza to do the concept of a one-screen simulation-style game focused on cute, tasty, magical items and pleasant slice-of-life interactions. For the spooky season and my own artistic limits, I used nondescript humanoid figures in simple and colorful paper masks alongside the pastel item art, and for my own satisfaction, there are a wealth of groan-worthy puns.  Enjoy the small bits of worldbuilding, slapdash but cute aesthetics, and glimpses of what's to come in later iterations of this project!

Controls:

Mouse - move cursor around the screen

Left click - interact